אָחוּ

«אָחוּ» in the Tanakh dictionary: reeds — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 3 times · Key: 260 · BDB: אָ֫חוּ

Glosses

reed[s] (3)

Meaning (OSHB)

reeds tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. coll. reeds, rushes tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Jb 8, 11 coll. reeds, rushes (Aramaic אַחְוָא, orig. Egyptian, cf. demot. ȧxu̇ from ȧxȧ be green, v. EbersAG & BBMos. 338; WiedSammlung 16) Gn 41:2, 18 (E) Jb 8:11; also Ho 13:15 where read אָחִים pl. for אֲחָוִים (cf. AW), or from a parall. form [אָחֶה], v. DeCompl. Var. 23 f.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (9 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «אָחוּ» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Job 8:11

הֲיִֽגְאֶה־גֹּ֭מֶא בְּלֹ֣א בִצָּ֑ה יִשְׂגֶּה־אָ֥חוּ בְלִי־מָֽיִם׃

Word for word: will it.grow.tall? papyrus with not swamp will.it.grow? reed[s] not water

JPS 1917: Can the rush shoot up without mire? Can the reed-grass grow without water?

Genesis 41:2

וְהִנֵּ֣ה מִן־הַיְאֹ֗ר עֹלֹת֙ שֶׁ֣בַע פָּר֔וֹת יְפ֥וֹת מַרְאֶ֖ה וּבְרִיאֹ֣ת בָּשָׂ֑ר וַתִּרְעֶ֖ינָה בָּאָֽחוּ׃

Word for word: and there! from the River [were].coming.up seven cows good.looking of.appearance and fat of.flesh and they.grazed among the reed[s]

JPS 1917: And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, well-favoured and fat-fleshed; and they fed in the reed-grass.

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